# राशि
## Hindi
### Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit राशि (rāśi)

### Pronunciation

* (Delhi) IPA: /ɾɑː.ʃiː/, [ɾäː.ʃiː]

### Noun

राशि • (rāśi) f
* amount, quantity
* (mathematics) variable
    इस समीकरण में केवल एक राशि है।is samīkaraṇ mẽ keval ek rāśi hai.There is only one variable in this equation.
* (arithmetic) sum, total
* astrological sign, zodiac sign

#### Declension
## Sanskrit
### Alternative scripts

* ৰাশি (Assamese script)
* ᬭᬵᬰᬶ (Balinese script)
* রাশি (Bengali script)
* 𑰨𑰯𑰫𑰰 (Bhaiksuki script)
* 𑀭𑀸𑀰𑀺 (Brahmi script)
* ရာၐိ (Burmese script)
* રાશિ (Gujarati script)
* ਰਾਸ਼ਿ (Gurmukhi script)
* 𑌰𑌾𑌶𑌿 (Grantha script)
* ꦫꦴꦯꦶ (Javanese script)
* 𑂩𑂰𑂬𑂱 (Kaithi script)
* ರಾಶಿ (Kannada script)
* រាឝិ (Khmer script)
* ຣາຨິ (Lao script)
* രാശി (Malayalam script)
* ᡵᠠ᠎᠊ᠠᡧᡳ (Manchu script)
* 𑘨𑘰𑘫𑘱 (Modi script)
* ᠷᠠᢗᠱᠢ (Mongolian script)
* 𑧈𑧑𑧋𑧒 (Nandinagari script)
* 𑐬𑐵𑐱𑐶 (Newa script)
* ରାଶି (Odia script)
* ꢬꢵꢯꢶ (Saurashtra script)
* 𑆫𑆳𑆯𑆴 (Sharada script)
* 𑖨𑖯𑖫𑖰 (Siddham script)
* රාශි (Sinhalese script)
* 𑩼𑩛𑩿𑩑 (Soyombo script)
* 𑚤𑚭𑚧𑚮 (Takri script)
* ராஶி (Tamil script)
* రాశి (Telugu script)
* ราศิ (Thai script)
* རཱ་ཤི (Tibetan script)
* 𑒩𑒰𑒬𑒱 (Tirhuta script)
* 𑨫𑨊𑨮𑨁 (Zanabazar Square script)

### Etymology

From Proto-Indo-Aryan *rāśíṣ, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *rāćíš. The Indo-Iranian term is traditionally derived from *rać- (“to bind, tie”); however, this has been considered semantically dubious by linguists including Mayrhofer.
Nussbaum (2016) rejects a connection to *rać- (“to bind, tie”) and instead connects the Indo-Iranian term with Latin locuplēs (“wealthy”), reconstructing Proto-Indo-European *loḱis as ancestral to the two.

### Pronunciation

* (Vedic) IPA: /ɾɑː.ɕí/
* (Classical Sanskrit) IPA: /ˈɾɑː.ɕi/

### Noun

राशि • (rāśí) stem, m or f
* a heap, mass, pile, group, multitude, quantity, number (RV.)
** RV 8.85.8b
    तरिः षष्टिस्त्वा मरुतो वाव्र्धाना उस्रा इव राशयो यज्ञियासः |
    उप तवेमः कर्धि नो भागधेयं शुष्मं त एना हविषा विधेम ||
       triḥ ṣaṣṭistvā maruto vāvṛdhānā usrā iva rāśayo yajñiyāsaḥ |
       upa tvemaḥ kṛdhi no bhāghadheyaṃ śuṣmaṃ ta enā haviṣā vidhema ||
          Thrice-sixty Maruts, waxing strong, were with thee, like piles of beaming light, worthy of worship.
          We come to thee: grant us a happy portion. Let us adore thy might with this oblation.
* (arithmetic) a sum or the figure or figures put down for an operation (such as multiplying, dividing) (Col.)
* a measure of quantity (= द्रोण (droṇa)) (ŚārṅgS.)
* a sign of the zodiac (as being a certain sum or quantity of degrees), one-twelfth part of the ecliptic, an astrological house (MBh., VarBṛS. etc.) (compare IW. 178)
* a heap of corn (L.)
* name of an एकाह (ekāha) (ŚrS.)

#### Derived terms

* राशिचक्र (rāśícakra)

#### Descendants

* Pali: rāsi
** → Burmese: ရာသီ (rasi)
** → Thai: ราศี (raa-sǐi)
* Central:
** Sauraseni Prakrit:
*** Gujarati: રાસ (rās)
*** Hindustani:
**** Hindi: रास (rās)
**** Urdu: رَاس (rās)
*** Old Awadhi: रासी (rāsī, “heap”)
* Dardic:
** Khowar: رش (raš)
** Shina: لا (lā), [script needed] (laiε, “heap”)
* Eastern:
** Magadhi Prakrit:
*** Bengali: রাস (raś), রাশি (raśi)
*** Bihari: रास (“heap of grain after winnowing”)
**** Maithili: रास (rās, “heap”), रासि (rāsɨ, “large milkpail”)
*** Odia: ରାସି (rāsi)
* Northern:
** Khasa Prakrit:
*** Garhwali: रास (rās)
*** Kumaoni: रास (rās)
*** Nepali: रास (rās)
* Southern:
** Helu Prakrit:
*** Sinhalese: රැස (ræsa), රැහැ (ræhæ)
*** Dhivehi: ރެސް (res), ރާހި (rāhi)
* Western:
** Paisaci Prakrit:
*** Sindhi: rāhi
**** Arabic script: رَاهِ
**** Devanagari script: राहि
* → Khmer: រាសី (riəsəy)
* → Malayalam: രാശി (rāśi)
* → Tamil: இராசி (irāci)
* → Telugu: రాశి (rāśi)

### References

* ↑ Mayrhofer, Manfred (1996) “*rāśí-”, in Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altindoarischen [Etymological Dictionary of Old Indo-Aryan]‎ (in German), volume 2, Heidelberg: Carl Winter Universitätsverlag, page 449
* ↑ Nussbaum, Alan J. (2016) “Replacing locus ‘place’ in Latin locuplēs”, in Dieter Gunkel, Joshua T. Katz, Brent Vine, Michael Weiss, editors, Sahasram Ati Srajas: Indo-Iranian and Indo-European Studies in Honor of Stephanie W. Jamison‎, Beech Stave Press, →ISBN, retrieved June 5, 2023

### Further reading

* Monier Williams (1899) “राशि”, in A Sanskrit–English Dictionary, […], new edition, Oxford: At the Clarendon Press, →OCLC, page 0879/1.